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saved a friend 30 bucks off a battery for his work truck today. he had no idea about buy on line, then go pick it up, added a huge30 discount code. done.

15 minutes on line to save 30 bucks, yeah im in....
 
Fivefingerdeathpunch said:
The focus has a 2.0 motor.

Is it eating tires because you are putting crappy tires on it? I see them in all the time and most tires last 40-50k. The stock factory tires only last 25-30k because ford is cheap.
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The tires chosen for the car were purchased based based on best overall review on ford focus forums and several other sites. They were not cheap. The car wears out tires because from the factory all wheels have a negative camber for ride comfort. This is a problem that is known that I personally talk to a ford rep about. They refused to change it because of ride quality. The tires from the factory were Hancooks which are total junk.
 
Started my retrofit today, baked the headlights, blacked out the reflector and put in some clear corners! Christmas needs to get here STAT
 


Spike89 said:
The tires chosen for the car were purchased based based on best overall review on ford focus forums and several other sites. They were not cheap. The car wears out tires because from the factory all wheels have a negative camber for ride comfort. This is a problem that is known that I personally talk to a ford rep about. They refused to change it because of ride quality. The tires from the factory were Hancooks which are total junk.
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I see you guys met my wife ........ Lol
 
our 2007 Mazda5 went through the same situation. The negative camber in the rear ate through tires fast. The only way to not eat the tires was to rotate them every 2-3k miles. We had it for a little over 3 years before I was fed up with it and sold it.
 
So I've had dog bone mount flipped for three weeks now. But I've never really just sat in it with the engine idling... well its definitely made a huge difference there. Feels awesome!

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hot glued in my clear side markers in the headlight housings, christmas needs to get here now, like right now so i can have my projectors, I've even offered my gf a 500 dollar necklace in exchange for the projectors, and wouldnt you know it, she turned it down, soab
 
marines542 said:
So I've had dog bone mount flipped for three weeks now. But I've never really just sat in it with the engine idling... well its definitely made a huge difference there. Feels awesome!

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I still don't understand the whole reason for flipping the dog bones........
 
Koscoe said:
our 2007 Mazda5 went through the same situation. The negative camber in the rear ate through tires fast. The only way to not eat the tires was to rotate them every 2-3k miles. We had it for a little over 3 years before I was fed up with it and sold it.
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New tires will be needed next winter. Just bought them January 2011. The Bridgestone's have done best so far.
 


Spike89 said:
I still don't understand the whole reason for flipping the dog bones........
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ffdp is correct. essentially, when you hit the gas from a stop, your engine moves a little and then movement of your wheels. by flipping the dogbones, you reduce most of that movement to where when you hit the gas, the engine stays still and just immediately puts the vehicle in motion.
 
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